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Lighting businesses can now apply for green finance from the Carbon Trust and Siemens. Worth up to £550 million over the next three years, the dedicated low carbon scheme is the first of its kind and will enable UK businesses to invest in energy efficiency equipment including lamps, luminaires and controls.

Siemens Financial Services UK will provide the financial backing and manage the provision of funding, whilst Carbon Trust Implementation Services Limited – a subsidiary of the Carbon Trust – will assess the energy efficiency of the proposed project.

The Government’s Green Deal – a crucial boost for the lighting industry – is taking a step closer to fruition tomorrow as MPs debate its energy-saving measures. The bill is designed to overcome the barriers to the adoption of energy-saving equipment such as lamps and lighting controls in homes and workplaces.

Illumination of art is an art in itself and Philips Lighting knows how to do this best. 1,000 Philips Fortimo LED SLM modules 2000lm 33W/830 were installed in the ‘MAS’ (Museum aan de Stroom) in Antwerp, Belgium making the ‘MAS’ the first museum in the Benelux illuminating all its precious art with LED lighting.

Dear Editor,
I just flew into Amsterdam airport at 5am and noticed an amazing number of small, bright sodium light patches on the clouds at relatively low level. It struck me that these are above the fields of poly-tunnels where flowers are grown. Apart from the light pollution aspect, is this really a sensible use of energy?